Floor RN/LPN

Job Title

Pay Range: $25hr - $45.50/hr (ranges based on nursing license, experience, and shift) Shifts: 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm **Must be able to work every other weekend**

Professional Qualifications

- Must be a graduate of a School of Nursing and hold a current license by the State of Indiana in good standing. - Must be knowledgeable of nursing skills and practices. - Must possess health certificate/examination as required by State agencies.

Required Skills and Abilities

- Movement throughout facility most of the day, at times moderate to heavy lifting. - Ability to maintain a professional attitude, including such areas as confidentiality, concern for all people, cooperativeness, and conscientious use of time. - Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. - Must have the ability to organize, communicate with and lead people of varied levels of experience and training. - Possess integrity, leadership qualities, an interest in working with people and an enthusiasm for nursing. - Exhibit understanding, patience and tact in dealing with residents, their families, visitors, and employees. - Ability to maintain good working relationships with employees, physicians, and other medically related staff. - Alertness and skill in recognizing and identifying resident symptoms and exhibit resourcefulness in emergency situations.

Essential Job Functions

- Responsible for total care of all assigned residents on his/her unit and supervision of direct care staff to ensure residents' needs are met. - Ensure that restorative nursing care measures are performed as indicated and ordered. - Help to maintain the self-respect, personal dignity, and physical safety of each resident. - Maintain open communication with nursing management regarding conditions on the nursing unit and concerns related to staff, residents, and visitors. - Explain treatment goals and expectations to the resident and family/representative, in effort to obtain feedback and cooperation. - Supervise/manage personnel on assigned hall/unit(s). - Verify that medical records are properly maintained and updated. - Review daily assignments of nursing staff on the unit/hall to assure that assigned duties are consistent with ability, training, and within scope of practice. - Assist and instruct nursing staff on unit/hall in special treatments and nursing care. - Ensure that all ordered treatments are carried out as ordered. - Ensure that lab work and x-rays are conducted according to physician order and results are reported to the physician in a timely manner. - Make rounds with physicians and assist with examinations, as indicated. - Assess residents on unit/hall, upon admission, as well as when indicated for problems/concerns or change in condition. Take necessary action, including emergency measures. - Initiate and update the nursing care plan for residents on the unit/hall and participate in the interdisciplinary care plan conference, as requested, or assigned. - Responsible for the security of narcotic and controlled substances. - Ensure that supplies are stocked on the unit per facility practice. - Assist staff in delivery of direct resident nursing care. - Assist with the discharge plan for resident. Instruct the resident and/or family member(s)/representative; and assess understanding of information provided. - Receive report from off-going charge nurse. Give thorough report to on-coming nurse at change of shift. - Count narcotics at beginning and end of each shift and maintain accurate narcotic records. - Make rounds on all residents with careful attention to those reported as in need of increased monitoring. - Administer and document all medications at appropriate times. - Notify medical providers as necessary regarding orders and visits. - Confer and collect all data from staff (re: resident care problems, needs, turning and positioning, intake output, etc.). Notify medical provider of recognition of signs and symptoms of early disease or complication(s). - Charting/documentation to be completed according to facility schedule. In accordance, document anything unusual or any change in condition and/or treatments for all residents. - Responsible for the performance of the following nursing measures to ensure quality of care:

• a. Maintenance of resident personal hygiene.
• b. Maintenance of adequate hydration.
• c. Promotion of normal elimination patterns.
• d. Maintenance and promotion of maximum range of motion.
• e. Promotion of normal sleep patterns.
• f. Protection from accidents, neglect, or abuse.
• g. Maintenance of infection control.
• h. Promotion of resident socialization.
• i. Promote resident self-esteem and preservation of human dignity. Offer encouragement to resident to function at maximum level.

- Assist residents in psychosocial acceptance of their limitations. - Assist in the evaluation of nursing staff supervised on the unit. - Coordinate nursing service with other services: Dietary, Social Services, Activities, Physical therapy, etc. - Participate in mandatory in-service training as mandated by State rule and facility policy. - Inform nursing staff, as indicated, of facility policies and procedures. - Draw blood for lab work, as ordered, if applicable per facility policy. - Assist in the orientation of new employees on the unit/hall as necessary. - Assure that a clean, safe environment for residents and staff exists on the unit. - Adhere to facility safety and infection control policies and procedures. - Maintain confidentiality of resident information. - Carefully observe all new admission orders, new orders, incident reports, memos, to promote timely care and implementation of necessary interventions. - Make rounds to directly supervise the serving of the residents as well as to observe residents while they are eating, offering substitutes in the event a resident does not accept the meal. - Monitor for provision of proper diet as ordered. - Monitor utility, linen and shower rooms for order and cleanliness. - Other duties as assigned.

Physical, Sensory, and Communication Requirements

- Ability to read and write in English, ability to communicate with residents, families, personnel and support agencies and ability to remain calm under stress. - Bending, lifting, walking, grasping, fine hand coordination, ability to distinguish smells, tastes and temperatures, ability to discern colors, ability to hear and respond to pages.

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